United States President Joe Biden on Monday held a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said he is looking forward to meeting him during Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) summit in Japan on May 24.
"It's always good to see you. I am looking forward to seeing you in Japan on 24th May (Quad summit)," Biden said.
The meeting was held ahead of the 2+2 dialogue between the two countries.
Biden said the US and India share a strong and growing "major defence partnership"."We take the same concerns about the global challenges we face for COVID-19, advancing health security and tracking the climate crisis and we share a strong and growing major defence partnership," Biden said.
The US President also referred to the Ukraine conflict and said India and US will continue close consultation on how to manage the destabilising effects of "Russian war".
"I want to welcome India's humanitarian support for the people of Ukraine, who are suffering a horrific assault, including a tragic shelling in a train station last week that killed dozens of innocent children and women and civilians attempting to flee the violence," Biden said."
The United States and India are going to continue our close consultation on how to manage the destabilizing effects of this Russian war," he added.
He said at the root of the bilateral partnership is a deep connection between "our people, ties of the family of friendship and of shared values".
A virtual summit of Quad leaders was held in March amid Russia's military action in Ukraine.
Quad Leaders - Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan, and President Joe Biden of the United States took part in the summit.
( With inputs from ANI )
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